Rail-fastener for metallic ties.



C. D. L LUOUSINO. RAIL FASTENER FOR METALLIC TIES,

APPLICATION FILED AUG. s1, 190s.

917,255. f mmm pr. 5, m9;

' a sale and convenient device stress von the rail, 4and niounted on the tie, and 3 a fastener securing firmly secures the rail against tilting on thev .the kind 'that is adapted .struction an vthe rail to the"tie,:and comprising a bolt 4,

- A of each rail, with an end circular and its outer away to nnrrnii sirafrns retratar ernten.

l rif/ COLUMBUS D. COUSINO AND LAWRENCE COUSNQ, OF TOLEDO, QHO.'

` RIvL-FA-STENER FOR METALLIC TIES.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented April 6, 1909.

l pplcation flied August 31, 190B. Serial No. l$50,931..

To all whom :it vaag/.conce/w: 'Be it known that we, COLUMBUS I )L'Cow siNo and LAWRENCE '(ousiNo, citizens ofthe' United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State ol' Ohio, vhave invented a new and 'useful' Improvement in Rail-Fasteners for Metal Ties, of which the following isa specification.

relates to a rail vtastener' for nietal ties, and .has for its object to provide` for V'attaching a rail to a 'metal tie, whereby the rail is directly bracedv against thetie to resist a s reading which, un( er such stress, operates to produce a downwardv pull on the inner flange of the rail that more .4 The underside oi' the cli. has a lug .13 proiectinT central of and ilusi with the outer end of tithe clip, ol dimensions to `enter the outer half portion of the elongated hole '9, and abut against the s uared end ol the hole, and over' the inner'htilf poi-- tion of' the hole 9, the clip is provided with an oritice 14, to receive the threaded end ortion `11 ,of the bolt 4. The clip thus formed, when mounted on the top of the tie, with the lug 1 3- in the outer end portion of lthe hole 9, and the inner end of the cli enlaging the web of. the rail, forms a solid race or the rail against lateral movement of the rail toward the adjacent end of the tie 1.

The arc of the truss segment 6 is of a `radius oneihalf the diameter of the bolt less than the radius of'the outer circle to which the bolt is bent, and-the arched face of the segment is provided with a groove 15 of a de th to receive the inner half of the bolt.

he spike head l0 of the bolt extends inward of the circle to which' tliebody of the bolt is bent, and is provided i Yith a flattened innerA face adaptedto engage and coincide witlh the top face of the inner llange of the 'i' rai.

Thus constructed, when the rail is in its proper -position transverse the tie, the parts are assembled by placing the segment 6 below the top 7 of: the tie, between the holes to provide a device of to secure both flanges of the rail to the tie by a single bolt. Vi e lish these objects by the concombination of parts as hereinatter described and illust-rated in the drawings, in which-'- Figurel is a top view of a'rail secured to ametal tie by our fastener. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, vertical section ol Fig. 1 on line :v -x, and Fig. 3 is an outer side elevation of a rail mounted on a metal tie,-shown in end elevation,-and secured thereon byafastener constructed in accordance with our invention. f

In the shaped metal tie,

A. further object is designates .a channel drawings a T rail transversely the underside of the top ot the tie, and then inserting the threaded end f portion of th bolt, first downward through the hole 8, and then upward throu h the hole 9 of the tie, and through the oriiice 14 ofthe clip. the projecting, threaded end portion of the bolt is then run down a nut '17 'until the body ofthe bolt is drawn upward tightly into the roove 15, and the head 10 is drawn tight y down onto the inner ilange ofthe rail 1 Itis apparent that the tightening ol the nut on the clip causes equal ownivard pressuie of the bolt head and the clip on the rail cli f5, and a truss seg-mento.v

. he top l7 of the tie at each end portion, is provided, adjacent to the edge of the inner ange of' each rail, with a bolt hole 8 of suitable size to receive the body'of the. bolt 4, and adjacent to the edge of the outer flange elongated hole 9 extending lengthwise of the' tie and having its inner 'end sqnarel Thebody of the bolt 4. is cylindrical, and bent sernicircular from its spike head 10 to its threaded end vportion 11, which tangen# p iallly extends the mainbody portieri of the o t. The clip- 5 is"a nieta-l block of suitable width and is'of a length to. extendflroni the outer'edge of the hole9'of the tie to the web ofthe rail 2. The under tace ot the clip is cut tit over the outer flange-of the rail rail, and tending to tilt the rail outward,

parallel with the upper 'tace -8 and 9, nith the base of the segment against Upon c flanges, and that any spreading pressure .on

will tend to liftthe inner half portion of. the clip, and thereby operate-it es .a lever fulerumed on the tie to lift the nut of the bolt,l

and thereby produce a downward ,pull of the head ofthe bolt on the inner lian e.-

The truss.- segment 6. distr1butes anly V breaking' stress on the body of the bo equally throughout itsarch, and its basedistributes the upward pull ofthe bolt over a secured to the The nut of the bolt is 'preferably' versely supportin the railv and havin a flat web top provide with an inner bo t hole adgaeent to the innen flange of the rail, and an elongated outer bolt hole opposite the inner ho t hole adjaeent to the outer flan e, of e fastener for' the rail, eoiuprising a cip avinV an' inner endportion" adapted to t .over t e outer flange of the rail and engage the web of the rail,l and an out-er end ortioIi having a lug adapted to enter and s oulder againstl the outer end of the elongated bolt hole, and rovided with a bolt orifice registering wit the inner end portion of the elongated bolt hole, a bolt bent selnicireular, having a head extendin of the bolt, and ada te liange of the rail, 'an to bev inserted downward through the inner bolt hole, and havin-g a threaded end portion to engage theinner y adapted to be'extended upward through the.

elongated-hole ofthe tie and the orifice ofthe eli a truss segment interposed between the bolt and the tie, and a nut adapted to be run on the threaded end portion of the bolt against the clip. i

In witness whereof We have hereuntov signed our names 1n the presence 'of two subseriblng wltnesses, this 11th day of August,

COLUMBUS D. COUSINO,

LAN'VRENCE COUSTNO. lnpresenee oth R. E. HELM,

JOHN SHEPHERD.

inward of the circle a body portion adapted-` 

